On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 09:51:11PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > Re groups: he did... > > Why is this advice nonsensical, though? As you say, several people > have given it recently. Rather fewer people have responded, as you did, > saying it's a bad idea. Nobody has explained WHY it's a bad idea. What > harm does it do if the world and his dog can read my CD-ROM?
It encourages bad habits. Later, Joe user gets a job administrating some UNIX boxen somewhere and when some luser can't access a device, Joe says "well hell! I'll just make the thing world rw and life will be great." Later that week someone will accidentally overwrite the accounting database and the company will go out of business. Oops. UNIX gives us tools. We should use them. History allows us to learn from the mistakes of others. Sermon over :) -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For the next hour, WE will control all that you see and hear. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
